can one configure the ethernet interface of a router to do packet fragementation?
Packet fragmentation
Apr 25, 2006
3 Replies
On 25.04.2006 21:07 djoe wrote
A router will always do fragmentation *unless* the sender hat set the DF (don't fragment) bit.
Depends on how you define router. There are plenty of "L3 switches" and similar boxes that will forward packets based on IP address, but won't perform fragmentation.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, snipped-for-privacy@nethelp.no
On 25.04.2006 22:29 Steinar Haug wrote
See RFC 1812 4.2.2.7 ... "Fragmentation, as described in [INTERNET:1], MUST be supported by a router."
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